Articles by Francis D. Nichol
Why Overlook 75 Million Readers?
May 1939
Some time ago I spent a few days in the library of a large theological seminary, and had the privilege of going back into the stacks and browsing at leisure over the wide collection. The librarians were pardonably…
A Course in Christian Evidences Needed--2
November 1940
We make bold, therefore, to suggest that there be given in each college a course in Christian evidences, or apologetics, as it is often called, and that this course be required of all students. As we view it, this course…
A Course in Christian Evidences Needed-1
October 1940
There are five propositions which we wish to set forth as a basis for our remarks:
1. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is not a static body. On the contrary, we are militant proselyters…
Restudying the Doctrines—No. 2
March 1940
Architects inform us that it is often possible to beautify, strengthen, and enlarge, yes, even modernize, in a sense, a stately, venerable structure without disturbing a single supporting pillar or removing one stone…
Restudying the Doctrines without Destroying the Foundations
February 1940
Through all past centuries the clergy have been the custodians of learning. Often they were the only ones who possessed an education. This was as true of Protestantism as it was of Catholicism. And when Protestantism…
Dead Men Tell No Tales
May 1944
Ordinarily Seventh-day Adventists take no notice of the periodic attacks of traducers of the faith. We have a great work to do—a high task to perform, from which we are unwilling to be diverted. Occasionally, however, an attack…
Blended Ministry for Body and Soul
December 1945
You have come to the end of a long and*arduous course of study. You have filled your minds with innumerable facts and figures. And if you are like unto us who have attended school before you, you have sought to…
Floodlighting the Word of Prophecy
November 1945
One of the claims most frequently made by all of us as we stand on the rostrum in an evangelistic effort is that we are students of the prophecies. We laud the prophecies. We declare that we are the preachers of…
Dedicating Infants in Church
December 1946
Dedicating Infants in Church
Question: Is it considered orthodox to bless infants in our Seventh-day Adventist churches?
The answer turns upon the meaning given to the word bless.…
The Heresy of Silence: The Need of Teaching Denominational History
February 1945
I come to you with something that is troubling my mind, for I can think of no group better qualified to give concrete help. Personally, I have always had the general impression in my mind that we were tied in to the advent movement of the…
Seventh-day Adventists and Nudism
July 1946
The December, 1945, issue of a nudist journal,. Sunshine & Health, contained an article entitled: "A Seventh-day Adventist Nudist," by Harry A. Loring. The writer declared that he was a theological student who had been attending…
Scope of Our Medical Work-3
October 1949
The genius of the Advent Movement is against concentration of men and resources in one spot, it matters not whether the men be preachers, teachers, publishers, or plain church members. The genius of this great…
Genius of Our Medical Work—II
September 1949
Now what is the reason that our health work is not in a healthier state? Why do we not have a larger percentage of our doctors in North America within the framework of the movement ? Why do we not have more denominational…
The Genius and Scope of Our Medical Work—No. 1
August 1949
Protestant churches through the centuries have generally made one or the other of two very different approaches to the subject of bodily health. The majority have viewed the matter of medical care for the sick…
Why Seventh-day Adventists Conduct a Medical Program
May 1956
This year, as we all know, marks the Fiftieth Anniversary of the purchase of Loma Linda, where immediately was started a school of nursing—the College of Medical Evangelists in embryo. My picture of Loma Linda…
Features-Is the Doctrine of an Earthly Heaven Adequate Today? Preach the Power of God.
January 1954
Let me be frank from the first paragraph. I belong to that religious group who believe that the only genuine and lasting solution of the tragedy of our sorry world is to be found in connection with the literal, personal ad vent of Jesus Christ.…
THE LARGER OUTLOOK: The Heavenly Pilgrimage (Continued)
June 1950
Now, admirable and important as is crusading, there are cautions we must observe. We must guard against a mistaken view, which ever resides in the human heart, that the worth of a crusade is to be measured simply by the number of those brought…
THE LARGER OUTLOOK: The Heavenly Pilgrimage
April 1950
Within the last five years we have had two impressive centenary celebrations to memorialize the passing of one hundred years since the beginning of Christ's ministry in the most holy place in 1844 and the beginning of well-defined Seventh-day…
Forward and Upward
January 1930
Motives — and Destiny
By Meade Macguire
A man's eternal destiny will not be decided simply by what he believes, for thousands believe the Scriptures, but do not obey their teachings. Nor will it be decided by his outward…
Music and the Message
March 1930
Music and the Message
Who can compute the mystic power of music? Who can measure the influence it exerts for weal or woe? It is woven into the very warp and woof of this sinful world. Indeed, most of the demoralizing things of the…
Forward and Upward
June 1930
"Take Heed Unto Yourselves"
By Carlyle B. Haynes
My mind carries me back to a ministerial institute of nineteen centuries ago. This was not the first ministerial institute ever held, for I look…
Thoughts of Worthwhile Men
December 1930
Thoughts of Worthwhile Men
By F.D. Nichol
All of us occasionally have experienced the rare thrill of listening to an address in which the speaker presented some very vivid and stimulating thoughts…
The Miraculous Birth of Christ
February 1932
The assertion was recently hurled at me that Christians worship an illegitimate child. Answered by reference to Matthew 1:20, the question was then asked, "Why was it right for the Holy Spirit to do what it was not right for man to do?"…
Modernism's Inadequacy Is Our Opportunity
February 1936
It is common knowledge that Modernism is in the ascendancy, that a very great majority of the clergy and of the theological schools are to an increasing degree contaminated with Liberalistic ideas. But it is not so widely…
Extraordinary Men Extraordinary Times
December 1938
God wants men who think great thoughts, dream great dreams, and see great visions in relation to the kingdom of God and the finishing of His work. I have pondered much in recent years this problem of completing…
Sunday Laws and Commercialized Amusement*
March 1933
I find myself in the very unusual position of being the only pastor in Hyattsville who is on the repeal side of the Sunday law question. At the same time I am the pastor of the only church in this community whose membership…
Discussion with a Sunday Advocate
June 1933
[Editor's Note—We are sharing with our readers some choice bits of dialectic correspondence between F. D. Nichol, associate editor of the Review, and the president of one of the prominent Fundamentalist Bible colleges,…